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UPDATED: Black Friday/Cyber Monday /Travel Tuesday + beyond

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Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday travel deals to check out

Many Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday offers from hotels, airlines, cruise lines, tour operators, travel gear companies and others are already in play.

There are hundreds out there now with others ready to roll. Pretty much every company that has something to do with travel is posting some sort of offer. They’re not all great deals, but some can save your serious cash if you can commit now.

Here are just some of the deals that have landed in our inbox. We’ll add more as we spot them but this is by no means all-inclusive. Shop around.

Take the train.

New on Friday: Amtrak deals.

Offer: Enjoy up to 25% off regularly priced fares on select routes booked Friday, November 28 through Wednesday, December 3, 2025. Travel dates: Monday, January 5 through Sunday, March 15, 2026. Good ofr coast and Acela Business class.

Airlines

American Airlines: Black Friday/Travel Tuesday deals launch Friday, November 28.

Finnair: Sale runs through December 3, 2025 for flights operating between December 3, 2025 and 31 March 2026. 

Qantas, Australia’s home carrier, is running a ‘Holiday Sale’ through Wednesday, December 3, 2025 for discounted flights to Australia and New Zealand from $834 round-trip.

Hotels

40% off select Yotel properties

Participating Yotel properties around the wold, including Boston, Edinburgh, Geneva Lake, London Stratford, Miami, New York City, Porto, San Fransisco, Tokyo, Singapore and Washington D.C. are offering 40% off stays booked before 3 December 2025 for stays through October 31, 2026. No special code needed.

30% off at more than 700 Red Roof properties

Travelers will save 30% on stays of three or more nights at participating Red Roof Inn, Red Roof PLUS+, HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof or The Red Collection properties. Book through December 3, 2025 for stays from now through May 20, 2026. Book at redroof.com or on the Red Roof Mobile App. Look for “Red Hot Deal” when searching for hotel availability. Red Roof RediRewards members earn points on these stays.

More hotel offers

Hilton Hotels is offering discounts of up to 25% off at select destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and other destinations. Book by December 15, 2025 for stays through April 6, 2026.

Oliver Hospitality: A variety of deals and perk offers a various properties, including discounts of up to 40% off available on 11/28 for stays between 12/1/2025 and 3/31/2026. Properties include : Hotel Clermont (Atlanta, GA), Lodge at Marconi (Marshall, CA), Oliver Hotel, Oxford (MS), Oliver Hotel, Knoxville (TN), and The Modern (Sarasota, FL).

Viceroy Hotels is offering 35% off best available rates and bonus resort credits and perks through December 3, 2025 at select properties in its portfolio.

Cruises

Pretty much every cruise line is offering a Black Friday offer. Here are some links to find the deals on Celebrity Cruises (Black Friday through Dec 2, 2025), Holland America (sale prices through December 4, 2025), MSC Cruises (ends November 28), Virgin Voyages, HX Expeditions (book by December 3).

Attractions, memberships, etc

One World Observatory, New York City’s highest observation deck, is offering Buy One, Get One deals from November 28 to December 1, 2025. The offer applies to standard, combination, and all-inclusive tickets, typically priced at $44–$64.

Priority Pass – 30% off a membership on Black Friday.

More Black Friday/Cyber Monday Travel Deals

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Travel is great. Travel with big discounts? Even better. Here’s the second round-up of some of the better deals we’ve found for Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday. See our first list here.

Hotels

(photo courtesy Hotel Indigo Williamsburg -Brooklyn)

The Hotel Indigo Williamsburg (above) and other IHG properties participating in the IHG Cyber Sale offers IHG members 25% off on stays through April 2025. (Book through the IHG One Rewards app.) 

Non-members can get 17% off stays from November 23, 2024, through April 30, 2025, in the Cyber Exclusive Sale. Book these deals by December 3, 2024.

Hotel Tonight is offering last-minute bookers an extra 10% off if they use the code HTSTAYCAY from November 25 through Travel Tuesday on December 3.

 ResortPass, an app for booking day passes at properties like the Four Seasons, JW Marriott and The Plaza in NYC is offering $50 off bookings of $200 and up with code BFCM2024 through December 3, 2024.

Arlo Hotels, whose portfolio includes Arlo SoHo, Arlo NoMad, Arlo Midtown and Arlo Williamsburg in New York; Arlo Wynwood in Miami, Arlo Chicago and the new Arlo Washington D.C., is offering discounts up to 50% from now through December 4 for stays through December 31, 2025. Use code: CYBER.

And 21C Museum Hotels’ Cyber Sale runs through December 3, 2024, with discounts up to 35% off for stays through August 31, 2025. They have cool, art-filled properties in Chicago, Cincinnati, Durham, Kansas City, Lexington, Louisville, St. Louis and Bentonville, Arkansas. Find the deals here.

Cruises

Virgin Voyages’ Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Travel Tuesday is offering 40% off all cruises, plus up to $300 in bar credit (depending on cruise length). The booking window runs through December 3 and is valid for cruises through 2026. Use this link to book.

HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions), is offering up to 50% off select 2024-2025 voyages for its Black Friday Promotion, which runs through December 9, 2024. The sale includes expeditions to Antarctica, the Galápagos, Alaska, the Northwest Passage, Greenland, Svalbard, and South America and HX’s new Aububon Voyages departing between December 1, 2024, and October 31, 2025

Luggage shipping

Luggage delivery service Ship&Play is offering 25% off all orders with code CYBERPLAY from Black Friday through Cyber Monday. The service ships luggage from your home to your destination. Available Black Friday through Cyber Monday.

Photo courtesy State Library of New South Wales via Flickr Commons. 

Black Friday Travel Deals – so far

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Now that the clocks have been turned back (in more ways than one…) it seems like a good time to get out of town.

The Stuck at the Airport “get outta here” team will be sharing some of the better deals sent our way. Many Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday holiday deals are already available. Some you may need to put in your calendar to take advantage of later in the month.

Just keep in mind that in many cases you’ll get deeper discounts if you’re a member of a hotel or brand’s loyalty club. And, as always, there’s likely to be small print about blackout dates and other exceptions.

Here’s a sampling:

HOTELS

Marc & Rose Hospitality 

This boutique portfolio includes properties such as The Scott Resort & Spa, High Country Motor Lodge, La Playa Hotel, Hotel Carmel, Laguna Beach House,  Arizona Grand Resort & Spa and the newly opened Casa Loma Beach Hotel. Their Black Friday deals include 50% off stays booked through December 4, 2024, valid for travel dates extending through the end of 2025. 

Book on Marcandrosehospitality.com or each resort’s website using promo code: BF2024. This offer is available to book November 29, 2024, to December 4, 2024 for travel dates through December 31, 2025.

Red Roof

Travelers can save 30% on stays of three nights or more at participating Red Roof Inn, Red Roof PLUS+, HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof, or The Red Collection properties when they book from November 18 – through December 4, 2024, and stay between November 18 – December 15, 2024. Book at redroof.com.

IHG CYBER SALE

IHG, which has a portfolio of 19 brands, including Kimpton, Intercontinental, Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, is offering IHG One Rewards Members a 25% Cyber Sale discount on global bookings booked between November 20 and December 3, 2024, for stays completed by April 30, 2025.

Noble House Hotels & Resorts

Noble House Hotels & Resorts, which has 29 boutique properties, including the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle which has both a Beatles suite AND a Pearl Jam suite, is offering a nice variety of Black Friday deals and discounts with varying ‘stay by’ dates.

AIRLINE DEALS

Condor Airlines

We expect more airline deals to land soon, but for now, check out Condor Airlines’ Black Friday “Striped Week” promotion, which runs through November 25 and is good for travel from now through March 31, 2025.

More Travel Deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday

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Pretty much every hotel and hotel brand is offering a Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal and we, of course, can’t list them all. Airlines, cruise lines, Amtrak (we bet…), luggage companies, and travel doo-dad purveyors are in on the fun as well.

We listed some Black Friday/Cyber Monday travel deals that caught our eye in a previous post. Here are few more.

Virgin Voyages is floating a deal offering 30% off all voyages until the end of 2024 AND credit towards a Bar Tab of $600 for sailings 7+ nights; $300 for sailings 4-6 nights, or $125 for sailings 3 nights or less. Book now through November 30 for sailing through December, 2024. More details here.

You might win a free flight by using the waiting lot a RNO Airport

Curbside traffic at airports is awful this time of year.

Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO) has come with a fun way to get motorists waiting for friends and family to use the free waiting lot to help ease the congestions.

From now through December 31, motorists who use the RNP’s Free Waiting Lot can enter a sweepstateks to win free airfare.

Here are their instructions to enter:

  • Go to the Free Waiting Lot before your party is ready to be picked up along the front curb
  • Scan the CR code on the signs inside the Free Waiting Lot
  • Fill out the entry form

MORE AIRLINE DEALS

American Airlines has a Black Friday Flight Deals page with a list of flights to various places, on specific days for less than $100. Air Canada has a Black Friday sale on through November 26, 2023 for travel between November 27, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

Scandinavian Airlines is offering its SAS Black Friday Deals now through November 28, 2023. For select flights from January 15, 2024 through April 30, 2024, they’re offering round-trip flight to select European destinations from major U.S. starting at $375.

And Icelandair is also promoting a set of sale fares to Europe and Iceland available now through November 28.

Let us know if you spot a great deal too.

Shop for Black Friday/Cyber Monday Travel Deals

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(Courtesy Provincial Archives of Alberta, via Flickr Commons)

It’s that time of year again.

Thanksgiving, with all the food and travel that’s associated with it. And Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Buy Stuff ads galore.

Here at Stuck at The Airport, the shopping team is a bit overwhelmed with all the travel deals and alleged travel deals in our inbox. But we’ve pulled out some offers that look enticing and a few we’re going to try to nab ourselves.

Here are a few to get you started. And here’s to a safe Thanksgiving travel week. Let us know what you spot in the airports along your journey.

DEAL TO CHECK OUT

HOTELS

Red Roof is once again offering a week-long Black Friday flash sale, starting on Monday, November 20. 

Travelers who make a reservation at any Red Roof Inn®, Red Roof PLUS+, HomeTowne Studios by Red Roof, or The Red Collection property from November 20 through November 28, 2023, and stay between November 20, 2023, through February 29, 2024, will save 20% off their stay. Sale details on www.redroof.com now.

Aqua-Aston Hospitality, which manages 25+ hotels and resorts across the Hawaiian Islands is offering 20% off at Aqua-Aston Hospitality’s properties on Oahu, Kauai, Maui and Hawaii Island. Sale dates: November 21 — 28, 2023. Stay dates: November 21, 2023 — December 20, 2024. Book online at aquaaston.com during the booking window, use code CYBERSALE

For Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts will be offering a 30% off best available rate promotion valid for bookings made from Friday, November 24 at 12:01 a.m. EST through Tuesday, November 28th at 11:59 p.m. EST for stays through June 30th, 2024. The promo code will be: CYBER23. 

Heading to Portland, Oregon?  One our favorite hotels, The Nines, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a $299 deal. Each Sunday from now through January 2024, the Nines will offer $299 bookings: $99 for the room and $200 Food and Beverage credit to be used at the hotel’s, on-site restaurants, Urban Farmer and Departure. (They’ll also add a $30  ‘destination fee,’ but it’s still a great deal). Book here.

Most of the YOTEL properties around the world are participating in a Black Friday sales that offers 40% off stays booked by December 3 for stays through September 2024. Book here.  YOTELS not participating: YOTEL San Francisco, YOTELIAR London Gatwick, YOTELAIR Istanbul Airport (airside), YOTELAIR Paris Charles de Gaulle, and YOTEL AIR Amsterdam Schiphol. Blackout dates apply.

CARS, CARS, CARS

As we head into one of the busiest travel seasons, Hertz, Thrifty and Dollar are promising discounts on all vehicles for Black Friday and Cyber Monday (Details: Hertz (30%), Dollar (20%), Thrifty (15%).

AIRLINES

Air Tahiti Nui is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month and offering its first-ever Tiare Pass. 250 passes that cost $1525 each will be available during a 25-hour flash, November 25 from 9 a.m. PST to November 26 at 10 a.m. PST.

The $1,525 price includes a round-trip from the US to each destination the airline serves and is valid for travel between December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024 (included: one checked bag, onboard meal, and all taxes and fees.) The airline has flights that depart from Los Angeles (LAX) and Seattle (SEA) and flies Paris, Tahiti, Tokyo, and New Zealand.

NOTE: The Air Tahiti Nui sale is only bookable by calling the airline’s reservation team directly during the sale period. Find that phone # here.

LUGGAGE

ROAM is offering $100 off its fun, customizable hard-side luggage from now through November 27. Build your discounted ROAM luggage deal here.

We’ll keep sifting the emails for more travel deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Travel deals for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Travel Tuesday

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Toys, clothes, electronic gear, gadgets.

It will all be ‘on sale’ during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

But what if you want a deal on travel? They’ll have that too. And more deals are promised for Travel Tuesday.

Better yet, many of the deals are already out there.

Here’s a list of some of the more interesting offers that have already come our way. We’ll add more as they arrive.

Hotel Deals

Viceroy Hotels & Resorts

All Locations. Up to 35% Off at Viceroy Hotels & Resorts. Book: Saturday, 11/12/22 – Sunday, 12/4/22.

2022 Viceroy Cyber Sale 

(Viceroy DISCOVERY loyalty program members will receive early access to Cyber deals).

Red Roof

Already an economical place to stay, here are 17 Red Roof properties that will be offering a special 25% Black Friday / Cyber Monday discount. 

Omni Hotels

BLACK FRIDAY & CYBER MONDAY DEALS

Omni Hotels & Resorts will be offering a More Merry For Less Promotion offering savings of up to 40% on select Omni Hotels & Resorts.   

BOOKING DATES: November 22, 2022 – December 4, 2022·    

STAY DATES: November 22, 2022 – February 26, 2023

AIRLINES

Hawaiian Airlines

Beginning November 23, Hawaiian Airlines will share several offers, including HawaiianMiles and HawaiianMiles partner promotions, gift card deals, and special Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales on select Hawaiian Airlines flights, including those between North America and Hawai‘i and within the Hawaiian Islands. All offers will be available on HawaiianAirlines.com.

We”ll add more as they come in.

Travel Deals for Black Friday

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Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Deal Tuesday Travel Deals Back with a Vengeance

(This is a slightly different version of a story we prepared for NBC News)

The pandemic put a ground hold on travel for much of the past 18 months. But with global travel restrictions lifting and holiday retail sales expected to shatter previous records, the travel industry is already rolling out Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for those whose holiday shopping lists include experiences, reunions with friends and family, and bucket list adventures.

“Sweaters are nice but what people really want this holiday season is a warm embrace from family and friends,” says Mike Daher, vice-chair, U.S. transportation, hospitality, and services non-attest leader for Deloitte.

With 42% of Americans planning to travel between Thanksgiving and mid-January, Daher doesn’t anticipate travel sites, airlines, hotels, or other attractions extending many promotions and discounts for travel during the holiday season. But that doesn’t mean eager travelers won’t be looking for bargains now and into the new year.

Where are the Deals?

“Although holiday travel demand is expected to reach 2019 levels, travelers are still very hungry for deals as a result of widespread consumer inflation,” says Brett Keller, Chief Executive Officer at Priceline. “So Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are now even more important than ever as consumers are looking for ways to save money.”

As they did last year, many companies are kicking off their sales early. Flexibility is still the watchword. But while some properties are offering their best deals, others may be pulling back a bit from last year’s fire sale offers.

The Nines, a Luxury Collection Hotel on the top floors of the historic former Meier & Frank department store building in downtown Portland, is offering its deepest discounts ever. From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, rates for king rooms, regularly $289, can be booked for $199, while the Presidential Suite can be had for $1999 instead of $4299 for stays between December 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022.

“We want travelers back in Portland so they can see how we’re thriving,” said Kasey Connor, the Nines’ Director of Sales & Marketing. “A great deal can be the determining factor for any traveler on the hunt, so we pulled out our best one yet.”

The Caribbean island of Saint Lucia has more than 30 hotel and villa deals for Cyber Monday, a dozen more than last year, conveniently gathered in one place. Discounts at some properties may be slightly less in percentage than last year, but there are still extremely generous deals, says Colette McDermott, Marketing Manager, Saint Lucia Tourism Association. For example, the Ti Kaye Resort is offering 55% off 2022 dates plus perks such as hotel credits and spa discounts.

Get ready to shop

Finding the best travel deal during the Black Friday/ Cyber Monday shopping frenzy can be stressful. Experts recommend working up a wish list of destinations and travel times and doing some homework on current prices, so you’ll recognize the deals.

Sign up for the newsletters and frequent travel programs of airlines, hotels, destinations, and online travel agencies such as Expedia, Booking.com, Priceline, etc. to get early bird offers, which often come with extra discounts. (You can always unsubscribe later). Check to see if the destination you want to visit has a Black Friday/Cyber Monday landing page gathering up all the deals in one place. Myrtle Beach, S.C. has one, Orlando has one, and others will too. Also, before you hit ‘buy’ on any booking, check the cancellation and change rules, which may be more restrictive than last year.

And don’t forget Travel Deal Tuesday, on November 30. It is a growing ‘holiday’ when many travel brands roll out bonus deals and offers. Based on its analysis of historical pricing data, booking travel app Hopper found that the Tuesday following Thanksgiving has consistently offered the most significant volume of deals that week.

You’ll find many deals already available for booking. Some do not go live until Black Friday. But here are some to get you started.

Hotels

National Park visits surged during the pandemic and still top many travelers’ wish lists. Xanterra, which owns or operates lodges in Yellowstone, Zion, Glacier, Death Valley, and Grand Canyon South Rim will offer a “Book Your Bucket List” sale through Tuesday, November 30. (Stay dates vary by site).

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, with 27 properties in 16 countries, will be offering up to 50% off the best available rates at its urban properties and up to 30% off at its resort properties, exceeding last year’s discounts. Book November 26 (Black Friday) to November 30 (Travel Tuesday) for stays through June 30, 2022. Use promo code CYBER21.

Viceroy Hotels & Resorts discounts will be up to 35% off across the brand with flexible cancellations. “We believe it is still important to offer flexible cancellations to encourage travel and offer guests peace of mind when traveling with us,” said Jane O’Shea, Viceroy’s VP of Sales.

Graduate Hotels, with locations in 30 university towns in the US, plus Oxford and Cambridge in the UK, plans a Cyber Monday Sale with discounts of up to 50% off. Book by December 3 for stays through March 31, 2022. (Link goes live Nov 29).

Virgin Hotels, with properties in New Orleans, Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, and Las Vegas will launch a Black Friday sale with 25% off on stays between November 26, 2021, and December 31, 2022. (Booking window Nov 26 through January 2, 2022). As a bonus, anyone booking during the sale will automatically be entered for a chance to win a free upgrade to each property’s penthouse suite.

Planes and trains

Amtrak usually rolls out a generous Black Friday deal, so be on the lookout for that. Many airlines will likely join in on Black Friday as well. Alaska Airlines traditionally offers one of its largest sales of the year on Black Friday. And Turkish Airlines is lining up its “Friday Flyday” offer with discounts networkwide available for booking on November 26.

Cruises and Tours

Hurtigruten will be offering 50% off most of its expedition cruise line destinations online through November 30. The cruise line has also lowered its deposit requirement to 10% (from 20%) for the sale.

Virgin Voyages, Richard Branson’s new adults-only cruise line, is offering 20% off voyages on Black Friday/Cyber Monday for both Scarlet Lady’s Caribbean voyages and Valiant Lady’s European voyages. Booking window through November 29 for various sail windows.

And tour operators such as luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent, and EF Ultimate Break, which offers Gen Z- and millennial-tailored group travel experiences will be offering Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals on adventures through 2022 and beyond.

Late-breaking Black Friday travel deals

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It can be a bit overwhelming, but if you’ve got places you want to go in the coming months you can save some serious cash by buying plane tickets and hotel stays during Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Travel Tuesday.

You’ll find a long list of offers already underway in my CNBC Black Friday/Cyber Monday story from last weekend. But here are some deals that were embargoed until now.

Check back; I’ve got a few more travel deals still under embargo and will update this list as new deals come in.            

Train deal

Amtrak’s fourth annual “Track Friday Sale” runs Friday, Nov. 29 through Monday, Dec. 2, with savings up to 35% on select routes nationwide for travel between Dec. 9 and April 30.

There are additional deals for the Acela, Northeast Regional and many popular routes beginning Jan. 6 through Apr. 30. 

To book see: Amtrak.com/trackfridaysale or the Amtrak app. All fares will be automatically discounted. No discount code is needed.

Airlines

Alaska Airlines is having a big sale on Friday, November 29 ONLY across its network, with some fares as low as $29 one-way for travel between January 7 and March 11, 2020.

Also, throughout Black Friday, Alaska is hosting five giveaways on Twitter using the hashtag #AlaskaHappyHour.  Follow that hashtag for a chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to Alaska Airlines destinations across the country.

If you miss the Friday sale, Alaska will also have deals during its annual three-day Cyber Monday sale starting Dec.2nd.

Cathay Pacific’s Black Friday includes deals that are as high as 75% off to a range of destinations from US cities like LA, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago to destinations the Asia-Pacific Region, including Bali, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore. The sale runs through December 3 and applies to flights from January 1, 2020 through May 15, 2020.

Delta Air Lines has Black Friday deals on a long list of routes bookable through December 1. Travel dates vary by route.

Hawaiian Airlines is offering Black Friday and Cyber Monday special fares starting on Friday and Monday, respectively, for select U.S. Mainland, international and Neighbor Island flights. Look for Neighbor Island deals and flight deals to other destinations.

Through December 1, Qatar Airways has a Black Friday offer that includes up to $300 off round-trip Business Class fares from the United States to select destinations. Use the promo code: FLYDAY

More to come…

Travel deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday

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Skip the things. Grab travel deals on Black Friday/ Cyber Monday instead.

Here are some travel-related deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday to get you started on deal-shopping this season.

More deals to come!

Deals on getting from here to there

Look for Amtrak’s “Track Friday Sale,” to go live at Amtrak.com on November 29. Last year’s deal offered 30% off nationwide train travel well into the new year.

Many airlines will be offering discounts and flash deals.

To catch them, make sure to follow a few favorite airlines on Twitter and other social media sites and join their frequent flyer programs so you get email announcements sent to insiders.

Until December 2, Air France is offering current and new Flying Blue loyalty program members triple miles on most US to Paris flights purchased for travel December 7 to March 31, 2020.

Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus will offer $100 off on round trip economy fares and $200 off on round trip business class flights from the US and Canada to Europe booked between Tuesday 11/26 and Tuesday 12/3 for travel between January 1 and March 8, 2020.

Turkish Airlines is having a Black Friday “Friday Flyday” sale with discounts to various cities around the world.

According to Hopper, many other airlines, including Cathay Pacific, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines and TAP Portugal will likely launch sale offers on Cyber Monday or Travel Tuesday.

Airport lounge pass deal

Plaza Premium Lounges has a walk-in offer for holiday flyers.

From 5 a.m. November 29 through midnight on Monday December 2, travelers flying out of Toronto or Vancouver, B.C. can get 25% off a 2 or 3-hour lounge stay and 35% off 2 and 3-hour lounge stays in their airport lounges in Winnipeg and Edmonton.

Place to stay  

It seems that just about every hotel and resort is courting travelers with a Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesdays deals this year.

Savvy shoppers will be able to snag great lodging deals but pay attention to the fine print on the offers. Some deals are non-refundable, have blackout dates and narrow stay windows or other restrictions.

As with airlines, you can often get the best deals if you are a member of a property or chain’s free-to-join frequent-stay program. And, keep in mind that discounts often don’t apply to local and state taxes and resort and amenities fees, which can be quite steep at some properties.

Here are some offers that caught our attention:  

Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort’s Cyber Deal, underway now through December 3, offers Honors Members up to 30 percent off a Hawaii vacation. Valid for stays Nov. 28, 2019 through June 30, 2020.  

For its ‘Black Friday Meets The Mile High’ deal at The Curtis in Denver, the hotel is linking its holiday booking deal to Denver’s elevation of 5280 feet. The hotel is offering discounted rates of $52.80/night for dates in December and January booked from Black Friday to Cyber Monday (11/29 – 12/2).

Virgin Hotels in Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas are celebrating Cyber Month. Discounts of up to 30% off best rates will be available December 2, 2019 through January 2, 2020 for stays between December 2, 2019 and June 1, 2020. As a bonus, each hotel will choose a winner each day to be upgraded to a penthouse suite.  

MGM Resorts properties in Las Vegas, including Bellagio, Aria and MGM Grand, have lined up Cyber Week deals up to 35% off regular rates, plus 5% more for M Life Rewards members, from November 25 through December 4, 2019. Look for many more offers Sin City offers on visitlasvegas.com.

Pacifica Hotels, which owns boutique properties on the Pacific Coast, will offer 40% off room rates during its Cyber Monday Sale. The hotel’s Passport Program participants get early access to the sale on Friday, November 29th. Sale covers stays from December 2, 2019 through March 14, 2020.

If you book on the HotelTonight mobile app, use the code HTDEAL25 between Monday December 2 and Tuesday December 3 (Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday) to get 25% off one hotel stay.

And double-up on discounts at Hotwire’s mobile app with promo codes that can be used on top of discounted hotel bookings made between November 27 and November 29. Use code HWBF for $10 off $100 hotel bookings; HWBF40 for $40 off $300 hotel bookings and HWBF70 for $70 off $500 hotel bookings. On Cyber Monday (Dec 2), use promo code HWHOTDEALS for an extra 11% off $100 Hotwire Hot Rate Hotels.

Packages and tours

Botswana, Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve, Photographing Elephants on a Game Drive

Cruise lines and tour companies will be also be floating special offers during this holiday shopping weekend.

Travelers looking to experience bucket list cruises destinations such as Antarctica, Alaska and Norway can take advantage of Hurtigruten’s deals of up to 50% off select 2020 and 2021 itineraries. Sale dates are November 27 through December 4, 2019, and include expedition voyages aboard the line’s MS Roald Amundsen, the first hybrid electric-powered expedition ship in the world.

Abercrombie & Kent’s Holiday Sale offers discounts of $1,000 to $3,900 on a wide variety of adventures to destinations such as Vietnam, India, Peru and Kenya. Their sale runs from 8 a.m. C.S.T. December 2 through 4 p.m. December 6, 2019.

Deals on attractions

While you’re grabbing airfare and lodging deals, be on the lookout for discounts on attractions and amusement parks in cities you plan to visit.

Now through December 8, 2019, use promo code “GIFT” to get an additional 10% off the deals and discounts to more than 50 theme parks, attractions, activities and dinner shows at Visit Orlando.

From Saturday, November 30 through Monday, December 2, use promo code CYBERMONDAY to save up to 15% on Go City passes, which offer discounted admission packages at popular attractions in more than 20 cities.

And in advance of the July 4, 2020 opening of LEGOLAND New York Resort, the price of the park’s highest tier annual pass, the Gold Pass, will be on sale for $99.99 instead of $209.99 from Black Friday through Cyber Monday.

The pass can’t be activated until the LEGOLAND New York park opens but waiting will be worth it. The pass not only offers year-long admission to this new LEGOLAND resort, but admission to more than 30 other Merlin Entertainment attractions around the country, including LEGOLAND resorts in California and Florida, LEGOLAND Discovery Centers, Madame Tussauds and SEA LIFE Aquariums.

(My story about Travel Deals for Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday first appeared on CNBC in a slightly different form).

Updated: Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday deals

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Updated on November 23, 2018 with fresh Black Friday/Cyber Monday travel deals.

Have enough stuff? You can still take advantage of travel-related deals during this holiday shopping season.

Here’s the list I put together recently for CNBC.

Walt Disney World Resort guests get to race and dive around a track that stretches across Toy Story Land. (Matt Stroshane, photographer)

 

Black Friday and its cousins Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday, Travel Deal Tuesday and Super Saturday are all projected to be shopping blockbusters this year.

But if you and everyone on your gift list already has enough stuff, rest assured there will be plenty of great deals for travelers.

Some offers have already been posted. Others will go live later. But once Black Friday rolls in,  get ready to wade through oodles of discounts on flights, hotel stays, tours, travel gear and gadgets.

To avoid getting overwhelmed by the options, do some research ahead of time on hotel prices and airfares to places you know you want to visit. That way you’ll be confident about snagging a deal when it flies by. Just be sure to read the small print; many Black Friday/Cyber Monday offers come with blackout dates and restrictions.

Here’s a sampling of what will be offered.

Get there

Amtrak confirms it will bring back its Black Friday sale again this year, offering significant discounts of up to 30 percent on train trips nationwide.

Look for airlines such as JetBlue and Cathay Pacific to bring back their Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals as well. Cathay Pacific will offer 60 percent off flights to Asia. Fare sale begins 11/19.

New: Emirates has both Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals from all 12 US gateways.

New: Use promo code “Friday” to get up to $750 off flights at Qatar Airways

New: Spirit Airlines:  Use romo code 85PCT  to get 85% off  the base fee on Friday, Nov. 23 until 11:59 p.m. EST. Check the exclusions at Spirit.com.

*New: WOW air is offering $69 and $99 sales to Iceland and Europe and a 40% off promo code on WOWCYBERMONDAY.  “Purple Friday” discounted fares are on sale now through November 25, 2018 for travel through April 2019.  On Cyber Monday, November 26, WOW use the code “WOWCYBERMONDAY” for 40% off flights to all WOW destinations.

 New: Turkish Airlines Friday Flyday will offer special discounted rates for travel travel from November 23, 2018 to May 15, 2019, with a maximum stay of four months.

 *New: Eurostar, the high-speed rail service linking the UK and mainland Europe, is offering savings of up to 30% during Cyber Week (November 23 to 30) for travel between January 8 and April 18 2019.

 Stay there

Hotels from Maine to Hawaii, and beyond, will be tantalizing travelers with room deals. Some offers may be offered to loyalty program members first, so this is a good time to sign up.

New: Travelocity and Orbitz: Save 50% off hotels by shopping on Travelocity and Orbitz mobile app and use the code FRIDAYAPP18 in Travelocity and THANKFUL in Orbitz to save an extra 18% off.

New: Hotwire:  In app-only:

Black Friday: $10 off $100 hotel bookings

  • $40 off $300 hotel bookings

  • $75 off $500 hotel bookings

Cyber Monday: An extra 11% off Hot Rate Hotels sitewide with promo code: TREATYOURSELF from 11/25 at 8pm PST to 11/26 at 11pm PST.  

Archer Hotel, with properties in Austin, Napa, New York City, Burlington, MA, and Florham Park, NJ (adjacent to the Jets training camp) plans a Cyber Monday deal of 25 percent off the best available rates plus direct-book perks of drinks or breakfast for two. Sale runs November 26 to December 3 at this booking link.

Arlo Hotels will offer 50 percent off stays (with no blackout dates) at the Arlo Solo and the Arlo NoMad in New York City with a portion of proceeds going to the Rainforest Alliance. Valid: Black Friday (11/23) to Tuesday, 11/27 for stays through Labor Day 2019.

On Cyber Monday, Aqua-Aston Hospitality, will be offering 25 percent off all 40 of its properties across the Hawaii islands, along with a number of mainland and Costa Rica resorts.

RetailMeNot and Hotels.com have teamed to offer some “Mystery Bookings” on Black Friday that offer 99 percent off.

All 5,300 IHG properties around the globe will be part of a Cyber Week Sale with discounts starting at 25 percent off the best available rate. IHG Rewards Club members get additional discounts starting at 3 percent. Book November 23 through November 30 (“Cyber Weeks Sale” rate) for stays November 26, 2018 through March 31, 2019.

The Kennebunkport Resort Collection (KRC), with 9 hotels and six restaurants in Kennebunkport, Maine will offer gift card bonuses on Cyber Monday. Buy a $500 gift card and receive a $100 resort credit; buy a $200 gift card and receive a $25 resort credit.

 Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is offering 25 percent off its Best Flexible Rates to IHG Reward Club member (free sign-up) from November 19 through November 30 for stays November 19 through March 31, 2019. Kimpton will also be donating $5/night to charity (The Trevor Project and No Kid Hungry)

Millennium Hotels and Resorts will offer 25 percent off flexible rates at its 13 hotels across the United States. My Millennium loyalty club members will get an extra 5 percent off. Book November 21 to 27, 2018 for stays November 21, 2018 – March 31, 2019.

Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, more than 30 Myrtle beach-area properties will be offering deep discounts of up to 55 percent on stays that stretch through spring and summer 2019. Offers will be posted here.

From November 22 through November 27, Provenance Hotels, with properties in Portland, Seattle/Tacoma, New Orleans, Nashville and Stillwater, MN, will be offering discounts of 40-50 percent off stays through February 2019.

*New: Red Roof Inn: Up to 30% off during the Cyber Monday 72-hour sale (Nov. 26 until Nov. 28). Good for stays through Feb. 28, 2019. Use code VP625099.

Between November 22 and November 26, Viceroy Hotel Group, with 12 properties in cities ranging from Beverly Hills to New York City and Chicago, will offer discounts of up to 45 percent, as well as additional perks such as complimentary upgrades and resort credits.

And from November 23 through Monday, November 26, Pacifica Hotels will offer 40 percent off room rates at 34 beachside properties in California.

Keep an eye out for deals at individual hotels as well.

Walt Disney World adventure-seekers can nab 50 percent off the best available rates on two and three-bedroom suites at The Grove Resort & Spa Orlando. (Use code Cyber to book from Black Friday through Cyber Monday). And from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego will offer rates starting at $99 for stays through January 15 and add $100 drinking and dining credit to the first five reservations booked with the BF2018 code on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. One guest will also win a complimentary two-day stay, redeemable in 2019 including breakfast, parking and VIP check-in.

Tours, tickets, gear and adventures

Companies offering tours, packages and expeditions, including Intrepid Travel, Friendly Planet Travel and Liberty Travel, all have Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals on tap. Glamping Hub, an online booking platform for unusual accommodations such as tree house, tiny homes, yurts and airstreams, will add 20 percent in value to gift cards purchased on Cyber Monday

From November 20 to 29, Visit Orlando will offer an extra 10 percent off purchases at OrlandoTickets.com on top of the deals and discounts offered to more than 40 theme parks, attractions, activities and dinner shows. Most are valid one year from purchase, Use code “GIFT.”

Sea Bags, which recycles sail cloth into travel gear, will offer a 20 percent discount storewide online and at its retail locations from Black Friday through Sunday, November 25. The company’s Portland and Freeport, Maine locations will be selling select for up to 60 percent off. On Cyber Monday, the online discount will be 25 percent, with free shipping.

Don’t shop; do

For those who would rather skip the shopping ritual altogether, there are plenty of other options.

On Friday, November 23, the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, WI will be holding its 7th annual Black Friday Beerfest.

And in solidarity with outdoor gear store REI, which closes all 153 stores, processes no online payments and pays its employees to spend Thanksgiving and Black Friday outdoors, state parks and recreation areas in Minnesota, Georgia and other states around the country will host Free Park Friday as part of the #OptOutside movement.